Mounting for vertically-adjustable shade-rollers.



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No. 718,283. PATBNTED JAN. 13,1903; W. SCOTT & J. G. GARDNER. MOUNTING FOR VERTIGALLY ADJUSTABLE SHADE ROLLERS.

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WINFIELD SCOTT AND JOHN G. GARDNER, OF SENEOAVILLE, OHIO.

MOUNTING FOR VERTlCALLY-ADJUSTABLE SHADE-ROLLERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part 'of Letters Patent No. 718,283, dated January 13, 1903.

Application filed April 10, 1902.

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Be it known that we, WINFIELD SooTT and JOHN G. GARDNER, citizens of the United States, residing at Senecaville, in the county of Guernsey and State of Ohio, have inven ted certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Roller Supports; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to window-shade supporting and adjusting means, and has for its object the production of supporting and adjusting devices which are simple of construction, efficient in use, and inexpensive of production and which permit of a curtain or shade being lowered from the top of a window to admit air and light from above and also of the shade-roller being secured at different adjustments.

A further object of the invention is to provide supporting attachments which may be applied asrdesired either to the front or sides of the jambs of the window-frame.

With these and other objects in view,which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, said invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, defined in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a windowframe embodying our invention, the guides being shown applied to the outer faces of the jambs. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the guides applied to the innersides of the jambs. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through one of the guides. Fig. etis adetail cross-section through the lower end of one of the guides. Fig. 5 is a similar section through the upper end of a guide. Fig. 6 is a plan view of one of the guide-strips.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents a window-frame, to the jambs of which are se cured flattened vertical guide-tubes 2, each of which is provided withalongitudinal slot 3 to receive slides 4, vertically movable therein, said slides carrying brackets to receive the journals of a spring-roller of ordinary con- Serlal No. 102,286. (No model.)

struction, which carries the window curtain or shade 5.

Fig. 1 of the drawings shows the guidetubes 2 applied to the front surfaces or faces of the jambs of the frame, while Fig. 2 shows said tubes applied to the inner sides of said frame, and in order to adapt the tubes to be mounted in either of these ways We form each tube with a weakened portion 6 by transversely notching or cutting away the flanges between the slot 3 at a point. adjacent to the upper end 7 of the tube. Bythis construction the tubes may be applied to the front faces of the jambs without bending the end 7; but when it is desired to apply said tubes to the inner sides of the jambs the ends 7 are bent at right angles along the line 6, so as to hold the cord-guides,hereinafterdescribed, in proper position to admit of the movements of the cords without interference from the other parts of the appliance.

The slides 4 are limited in their up-anddown movement by stop -pieces 8 and 9, insorted in each tube at the top and bottom ends thereof.

bottom orinner wall of the guide and holdthe stop-pieces against movement, while at the same time securing the upper end'of the guide to the frame. The lower stop-piece 9 of each tube is held in place by a screw 11, which passes therethrough and also through the base of the guide and secures the lower end of the guide to the frame. In addition when the guides are applied to the outer or front faces of the frame one of the screws 11 may be em- The upper stop-pieces 8 are held in 7 place by the threaded shanks of screw-eyes -10, which pass therethrough and through the 1 through one of the eyesof the screw-eyes 10,

to be conveniently grasped whenever it is desired to raise or lower the roller of the curtain or shade 5. The screw-eye 10' serves as a guide to bring the cords to a position beyond the adjacent guide-tube 2, so that there will be no interference with their free movement.

By means of the cords 13 and 14: it will be seen that when the shade-roller is in a lowered position said roller may be elevated to shut OK the light from above and held in adjusted position by slipping the cords in the space between the spring-clamp l2 and the window-frame, the action of the clamp serving to hold them against movement under the weight of the shade-roller. When it is desired to lower the shade to admit light from above, the cords are released and allowed to pay out until the shade and roller descend to the desired position by gravity, when the cords are again engaged with the clamp to hold the shade against further downward movement. By reference to Fig. 1 it will be seen that in either of the positions to which the roller is susceptible of being adjusted the shade 5 may be wound thereon and unwound therefrom to regulate the light at the lower portion of the window Without in any way interfering with any of the parts of the attachment by which the roller itself is adjusted.

The construction employed in Fig. 2,wherein the guide-tubes are applied to the inner sides of the jambs of the frame, is the same as that shown in Fig. 1, except that in thus applying said tubes it is ordinarily found necessary to dispose the screw eyes 10 or equivalent devices in a different position in order to enable the free manipulation of the cords 13 and 14:. By providing the guides with the weakened portion 6 the ends 7 thereof may be bent inwardly at right angles, so as to lie against the lintel or upper cross-bar of the window-frame, in order to bring the eyes 10 inwardly beyond the jambs,.so as to enable the cord to be threaded therethrough without interfering with the movements of the slide and roller. In this application of the invention the clamp 12 is mounted independently of the tubes and is preferably secured upon the outer side or face of one of the jambs in order to provide for the more convenient manipulation of the cords 13 and 14:.

It will thus be seen that by providing the tubes 2 with the weakened portion 6 the invention is made applicable to either the front or face or the inner side of the jambs of the frame, thus obviating the necessity of using different lengths or kinds of tubes and enabling the mountings of the curtain or shade to be adjusted to either position as desired or as circumstances may require.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought that the construction, mode of operation, and advantages of our improved window-shade supporting and adjusting means will be readily apparent without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Supporting means for adjustable shaderollers comprising vertical tubes mounted upon the jambs of a window-frame, each of said tubes having a longitudinal slot formed by spaced flanges, said flanges being cut away adjacent to the upper ends of the tubes whereby the said upper ends of the tubes may be bent at right angles thereto, stop-pieces at the ends of the tubes, slides movable in said tubes and provided with bearing-brackets to receive the journals of a shade-roller, fastenings projecting through the tubes and stop pieces and securing the same to the frame, the upper fastenings forming guides, cords connected at one end to the brackets and passing through said guides, and means for holding the cords against movement, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. Supporting means for adjustable shaderollers comprising vertical tubes mounted upon the jambs of a window-frame, each of said tubes having a longitudinal slot formed by spaced flanges, said flanges being cut away adjacent to the upper ends of the tubes, whereby the said upper ends of the tubes may be bent at right angles thereto, stop-pieces at the ends of the tubes, slides movable in said tubes and provided with bearing-brackets to receive the journals of a shade-roller, fastenings projecting through the tubes and stoppieces and securing the same to the frame, the upper fastenings forming guides, cords connected at one end to the brackets and thence extending upwardly and laterally one through both and the other through one of the guides, and an auxiliary guide adjacent to the said guide through which both cords pass, said auxiliary guide also having both cords passing therethrough and serving to bring the cords to a position beyond the adjacent guide and prevent interference with their free movement, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VVINFIELD SCOTT. J. G. GARDNER.

Witnesses:

W. F. MooRHEAn, L. K. HILL. 

